Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2940
CVE-2023-2940
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Affected products
6- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4
< 114.0.5735.106-bp154.2.90.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 114.0.5735.106-bp154.2.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 114.0.5735.90-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 114.0.5735.106-bp154.2.90.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- crbug.com/1426807nvdPermissions Required
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418nvd
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